The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 242 Have A Talk With You

It's hard to deny that every company was eager to make money, but Autumn still hoped to finish this project despite the company being unable to make any profit from it. The reason was that this project could save Cloud Advertising Company from its bottleneck.

As long as she could finish this project, it was sure for Cloud Advertising Company to be well-known quickly. Autumn didn't hope all the effort of her employee would be cast to the winds, after all they had worked several nights to figure out the solutions.

'I need time alone to think things through, and to try and figure out a way to cut the cost effectively.' Autumn thought to herself.

"Okay, I get it. Don't worry. I will take care of it. You can go back to your work now," said Autumn with a smile. She consoled Isla with a grin.

Autumn spent the whole afternoon worrying about the cost. When she was about to get off work, she received a call from Cindy. Hesitant, she finally answered the phone.

"Hello, Cindy! What's wrong?" Slowly yet softly, Autumn asked her, "Why are you calling me today?"

"Sister, I haven't seen you for many days. I miss you so much." said Cindy with a sad voice. Autumn could tell from her voice that she was upset. "My mom told me that you won't come to play with me anymore. Why? Don't you like me anymore?"

Autumn felt tears well up in her eyes as she heard this from the lovely, little girl. The sorrows surged up from the depths of her heart. It was no wonder why Cindy was intimate with Autumn when they met for the first time. Now it turned out that they were family and Cindy was actually her younger cousin.

"Cindy, listen to me. That is not true. I am just occupied by so much work recently, so I don't have time to see you. Be a good and obedient girl, okay? I promise that I will see you after I finish work," said Autumn patiently since she didn't want to hurt her feelings. Autumn tried to comfort Cindy but she failed. "No. I want to see you now. I miss you so much. I want to play with you." Cindy insisted. Cindy was her charming and adorable little self on the other end of the phone. When Autumn was about to say something, She heard Abby's voice in the background, "Cindy, who are you talking to?" "Mom, I am talking to Autumn," replied Cindy. The next second, Abby's voice was heard again, "Cindy, you..."

Abby heaved a sigh and then took the phone from Cindy. She then said to Autumn, "I am so sorry, Autumn. I hope she didn't bother you."

"No, she didn't. That's okay." Autumn felt it weird to hear Abby's voice now that she knew the relationship between them. "Is Cindy okay? She is not crying, is she?" Autumn asked.

"She is fine. Don't worry. She just asks me everyday to take her to you." Saying this, Abby smiled and went on, "Autumn, I..."

Hesitant, Abby paused. "Well, I will hang up if it's all right." Autumn was about to hang up the phone when Abby said all of a sudden, "Wait, please. Autumn, are you available today?

I actually want to meet and talk with you," said Abby with hesitation. Autumn thought it over for a short while, then she agreed, but with some reluctance. "I am still not off work yet. How about meeting at seven o'clock at Collodi Restaurant?"

Autumn knew that Cindy liked eating the children's meal at Collodi Restaurant, so she decided to meet up there. Seeing the lovely girl made her happy.

"Okay. Your call. See you later then." Abby agreed and hung up the phone. Cindy asked eagerly, "Mom, when could I meet Sister Autumn again?" She asked while looking at Abby with expectant eyes. "We will be meeting her later, Cindy. You must be happy with this news." said Abby cheerfully. "Hurry up. Change your clothes and we will meet her soon."

After dressing up in a hurry, Abby took Cindy to the Collodi Restaurant. They arrived first so they sat to wait for Autumn there. Cindy was unable to hold herself back knowing that she could meet Autumn soon. She asked continuously when Autumn would arrive and it annoyed Abby somehow.

"Well, Cindy, be patient and stop asking me endlessly. She will be here soon. We just need to wait for her for a while. Eat something first," said Abby. Abby pushed the food to Cindy to try and calm her down. Autumn arrived at around seven o'clock while Abby waved to greet her with a smile. As soon as Autumn got in, Cindy got off from her chair and rushed up to her excitedly. "Sister Autumn, you are here!" "Cindy! I also missed you so much." Autumn held Cindy into her arms tightly. A bright smile came across her lips seeing that Cindy was so happy to see her.

"Autumn, please sit down." Abby greeted her and said apologetically, "I am really sorry. I know you are busy. But I didn't expect that Cindy would miss you so much. I..." Embarrassed, Abby tried to explain to her.

"It's okay. I also missed her," said Autumn calmly. Cindy soon cooled down in her arms, eating quietly while sitting on her leg.

"What do you want to eat?" Abby handed the menu to Autumn while she ordered two dishes. After that, Autumn then looked at Abby, asking in a very polite manner, "Mrs. Zhao, why did you ask me to meet you here today?"

"Autumn, I... I just want to have a talk with you," said Abby with a bitter smile. She paused for a while, but then added, "I know that you must need some time to accept it. But I have something to talk to you about."

Staring at Abby, Autumn said nothing but waited for her to continue.

"When I was still a child, I could remember that your father always cared about me and was kind to me since I am his younger sister. Even if he ran away from home, he would send me birthday gifts. Therefore, though he didn't live with us at home, I was still very appreciative of what he had done for me." Saying this, Abby paused for a while and then went on, "My parents also loved him so deeply. He had been in poor health since his childhood, but my parents still kept letting him learn the piano since they knew it was his only passion. If he hadn't met Wendy, perhaps my brother would be a well-known pianist by now."

Autumn listened carefully and patiently. She knew that his father was good at playing the piano, but she never knew that he was so talented.

Emily rarely mentioned anything about her father, so she focused her attention on Abby and listened very carefully.

Abby stopped for a while and then said, "The last thing my brother should have done in his life was to get married to Wendy. That woman ruined his life."

Saying this, Abby looked at Autumn. "Though I was at a young age that time, I could still remember clearly that Wendy did not care about my brother, but only took interest in the family property. Indeed, she already had a boyfriend when she decided to be with my brother. However, in order to get married to my brother and live a better life, she abandoned that man without hesitation. Soon my brother took her home to meet our parents. However, she never expected that the whole family would be against their marriage. But my brother insisted on marrying her. He even ran away from home for her and broke all relations with us.

Obviously, Wendy would not be pleased about his decision since her ultimate goal was to get money from him and his family. After my brother left home, Wendy was about to abandon him. But then she found that she was pregnant. Since then, she threatened my brother with it and asked him for money. My mother was seriously ill because of this. After that, we were all completely out of touch with my brother. He died at a very young age. We didn't expect that he would have a daughter at all." Abby smiled bitterly, her eyes glistering with tears. "Autumn, I just want to tell you that we will never leave you alone again. We didn't know that my brother had a daughter. We all feel sorry about it. We..."

"I know. I understand," replied Autumn. Autumn decided not to be silent anymore. Indeed, she had come around after she met Arthur this morning. All of the people in the Zhao family were always kind to her, so she trusted them and she knew they were not lying.

"Mrs. Zhao, I agreed to meet you today because I also want to tell you that I just need some time to accept this. You must know that I am completely shocked by this news. I need some time to calm down. I promise you that I will pay a visit to my biological grandparents soon." said Autumn sincerely. She gazed at Abby while talking.